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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1221 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEXFORD COUNTY UNTIL 315

AM EST...



AT 1210 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF WEXFORD

COUNTY...INCLUDING IN THE CADILLAC VICINITY.  RADAR BASED RAINFALL

ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTY SINCE 9 PM....WITH MODERATE TO

HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 1 AM

BEFORE TAPERING OFF.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS PAST EVENING COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOWMELT

CAN CAUSE RAPID FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR STREAMS AND

CREEKS...INCLUDING WITHIN THE MITCHELL CREEK AND POPLAR CREEK BASINS

BETWEEN HOXEYVILLE AND CADILLAC...AS WELL AS ALONG OTHER SMALL

TRIBUTARIES TO THE PINE RIVER IN SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTY.  WATER

COVERED ROADWAYS WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. NEVER DRIVE

THROUGH FLOWING WATER.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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